(J. T. A. Mail Service)
The position of the Jewish artisans in Poland is threatened by the new Guild Law, which will make it compulsory for master and journeyman artisans to pass an examination under the Examination Commissions appointed by the Chambers of Artisans, Engineer Tcherniakov, Chairman of the Jewish Artisans’ Federation, declared to the Minister of Education, M. Dobrucki, when he put to him the demands of the Jewish artisans in the country, in regard to the law and particularly in regard to the provisions relating to technical training continuation schools.
The law demands that before taking the examination to enable him to qualify as a journeyman artisan, the apprentice must have completed a course of three years’ training in a technical continuation school. In the majority of towns, Engineer Tcherniakov pointed out, there are no technical continuation schools. Even in Warsaw, where there are 28,850 artisan youth, there is room for less than 11,000 in the technical continuation schools of the city.
The Minister said that he realized that in the beginning it would be impossible to enforce the law strictly, and that they would be compelled, during the transition period, to overlook certain of the provisions. He promised to go into the question and see that facilities should be provided to assist the Jewish artisan youth.
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